The world's largest nuclear power plant is shutting down a reactor due to a glitch. The No. 6 reactor at Japan's ...

This article and accompanying videos are part of a series that will delve into the history of the Bataan Memorial Death March ...

The U.S. Marine Corps and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s (JGSDF) bilateral exercise “Iron Fist 26” will see approximately ...

In 1914 the RMS Empress of Ireland was lost in just minutes after a collision in the St Lawrence River, making it Canada’s deadliest peacetime maritime disaster. This explains the collision dynamics, ...

Twenty-seven cavalrymen charged Japanese infantry at Morong, Philippines, on January 16, 1942. They scattered hundreds of ...

After never reaching the World Cup prior to 1998, Japan has now qualified for eight tournaments and become one of Asia's preeminent sides in soccer. Spurred on by co-hosting the 2002 edition alongside ...

Two of the stars of Japanese history are samurai and ninja, and the Samurai and Ninja Museum in Tokyo gives guests the opportunity to learn about, and even experience, different aspects of the two ...

When it comes to a text as ancient as the Kojiki, it can be hard to know what is fact and what is fiction. According to the text’s preface, the Kojiki was commissioned by Empress Genmei in the early ...

TOKYO – The Empress turned 62 on Tuesday and reaffirmed her pledge to peace, with this year marking 80 years since the end of the World War II. In a statement released through the Imperial Household ...

Maritime disasters are sadly not unusual, and UNESCO estimates that there are more than three million shipwrecks littering the ocean floor. Many of these ships hide ...

London — The world of professional sumo wrestling stepped outside of Japan for only the second time in its centuries-long history on Wednesday night, as fighters clashed on a specially constructed ...

Japan could end up with its first female prime minister or its youngest leader in more than a century after a party leadership election on Saturday. The governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is ...